Undercover police on a surveillance operation in Bristol tracked down £40,000 worth of cocaine.

Officers monitored a number of suspected conspirators before moving in on them, Bristol Crown Court heard.

The action led to the recovery of two half-kilo batches of 64 per cent pure cocaine.

Four out of five men charged in connection with the enterprise were sentenced today. (March 29, 2018.)

Craig Kennington, 33, of Glyn Vale, Bedminster, Lewis Jenkins, 21, of Isabella Road, Bristol and Michael Griffin, 25, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a Class A drug. Griffin also pleaded guilty to wounding and ABH after assaulting two men on Park Street. Kennington also pleaded guilty to producing cannabis.

Craig Kennington

Jack Mundy, 20, of St Whytes Road, Knowle, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply a Class A drug.

Ian Wilson, 65, of Fenwick Road in Peckham, pleaded guilty to couriering drugs cash, on the basis he didn’t know it was drugs money. His sentence was adjourned.

Judge Euan Ambrose jailed the men accordingly: Kennington, six years and eight months; Jenkins, five years; Griffin, six years; Mundy, four years and six months.

David Scutt, prosecuting, said police looked on as Kennington parked a BMW M3 in Philippa Close, Whitchurch, and walked off with a bag.